Not since former President Bush crashed into some security guards in Scotland has there been so much coverage of a non-competitive bicycle accident.
This morning the news is Today show host Matt Lauer's “run-in” with a deer while riding on Long Island over the weekend. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/03/23/deer-wins-confrontation-with-bicycling-tv-celebrity/
A few years ago I wrote about Ferndale, Washington, bike-maker Kona's efforts to create a rugged bicycle for use in Africa for home healthcare workers.
The AfricaBike program was a three-way effort by Kona, Bicycling Magazine and Bristol-Myers Squibb to provide bicycles and medications to several countries in sub-Sahara Africa to provide AIDS/HIV treatment.
This past week I saw in a Seattle Times commuter bicycle review by Dan Nelson that those AfricaBikes (in 1-speed and 3-speed versions) are available in the United States and Canada as commuter bikes.
Checking around, I also learned that the Kona BikeTown project is still going strong and plans to send more bicycles to Africa this year. Since it was launched in 2005, some 3,000 all-steel bicycles have been delivered …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/03/22/africabikes-on-dirt-paths-in-africa-and-paved-streets-in-us/
If you're a bicycle messenger in Washington DC, or have played one on TV, you might want to apply as an extra in “Fair Game — The Valerie Plame Story.”
The movie is about the outing of CIA spy Valerie Plame by the White House during the Bush Administration. It stars Sean Pean and Naomi Watts.
Carlyn Davis Casting is looking for a bike messenger as an extra. Shooting is March 15 or 16 and the pay is $130 …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/03/10/casting-call-for-bike-messenger-for-fair-game-feature-film/
Two suspects wanted in the $250,000 burglary at David Zabriskie's Salt Lake City home are in custody.
Salt Lake City police arrested the two separately on Thursday after publicizing their identities. One turned himself in and the other was apprehended when he showed up at his girlfriend's house.
The two, ages 43 and 39, could be charged with five separate felony counts.
In spite of the arrests, not much of the loot has been recovered yet …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/03/06/two-suspects-arrested-in-zabriskie-home-burglary/
Welcome to Rexburg, Idaho, where bicycles are prohibited on plank sidewalks and the bicycle speed limit on Main Street is 5 mph; 12 mph elsewhere in town.
Don't worry. If you get a $25 ticket, you can work it off for $2 a day by working on village streets.
If those laws sound a little strange, it's because they were enacted in 1901 when hot-dogging thrill-seekers on bicycles were the scourge of many towns. Members of the Trails of Madison County committee are suggesting many changes to those laws …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/22/rexburg-idaho-bicycling-6-mph-on-main-street-earns-a-ticket/
When David Rowe offered to stop by on his virtual book tour to promote “The Ride of Your Life,” I jumped at the chance to interview him.
It's not often that I get the opportunity to talk bicycling with someone as knowledgeable and expressive as David. Based here in the Pacific Northwest, he's been riding a bicycle for 30 years. Although he doesn't race, he regularly participates in bike rides that are longer than 100 miles.
His ebook is a guide to preparing yourself mentally for the challenge of taking on long-distance cycling. We touched on some of those issues in this interview, like riding through pain, balancing bicycling with your job and family, and how to prepare for a long-distance independent bicycle tour ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/12/an-interview-with-the-ride-of-your-life-author-david-rowe/
Richard Masoner over at Cyclelicious was kind enough to contact me this morning to ask if I had a “fantasy bicycle shop.”
Funny, but this is something I've actually thought about. My shop would be located in a small- to medium-sized town in the midwest and cater to touring bicyclists. We'd live next door and …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/11/bicycle-bloggers-tell-about-their-fantasy-bike-shops/
I'm happy to announce that BikingBis.com will host an interview with author David Rowe about his newly released eBook, The Ride of Your Life, on Feb 12.
The Ride of Your Life is a book for sport-recreational cyclists who want to increase their mileage and their enjoyment of events of 100 miles or more. I reviewed it last week.
There are two ways to win free copies of the ebook (it sells for $19.95). If you send in a question to David for the Q&A, you'll be eligible for one of five eBooks that will be given away. Also, if a story you write about an inspirational bicycling experience is chosen for an upcoming book, you'll also receive a free copy of the book …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/05/two-ways-to-win-free-copies-of-the-ride-of-your-life-ebook/
If you have some old bicycle parts in your garage, and who doesn't, now you can put them to use if you have an artistic bent.
Spartanburg, South Carolina, is seeking applications from artists to make outdoor sculptures made from a substantial amount of recycled bicycle parts.
The sculptures will be part of Artcycle, which helps celebrate the Spartanburg Creative Energy campaign in May.
The sculptures don't necessarily have to be made wholly from bicycles, like this piece hanging in the Washington DC Convention Center a few years ago …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/04/wanted-artists-to-create-recycled-bicycle-parts-sculptures-in-spartanburg/
Organizers of the 2009 Bicycle Film Festival are imploring filmmakers and other bicycling fans to “Make a Bike Movie.”
Coming up on its ninth year, the show is extending its entry deadline to March 7. In the past, the festival has shown everything from under-10 minute shorts shot with a hand-held to slicker-looking, feature length documentaries.
At left is a compilation of 2007 festival trailers.
According to its Bicycle Film Festival website:
“The Bicycle Film Festival is a celebration of bicycles through film, art and music. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/02/03/enter-your-film-in-the-2009-bicycle-film-festival/
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